Liquidation Preference
The term refers to the certain privileges that a class of shares are provided over other classes of shares. As the name suggests, it provides a preference to a certain class of shares over other classes of shares. This is usually a standard term in shareholder agreements and the shares in later rounds are generally […]
“Provisions for Angel Tax” for startups under Income Tax Act
4th Oct, 2023 Angel tax is essentially the tax that unlisted companies are liable to pay on the capital they raise through issue of shares. Recently the government amended the rules for Startup Valuation and added 5 new methods of valuation. However, these methods cannot be used in all cases. These can be used only in case the investment […]
Why Every Growing Business Needs a Virtual CFO: The Strategic Edge
In the high-stakes journey of building a startup or scaling an SME, there is a common pitfall that separates companies that thrive from those that merely survive: the “Finance Gap.” Most businesses have a diligent “Accounts Head” to manage day-to-day transactions, bookkeeping, and basic compliance. However, after years of advising startups at FinVal Research, we […]
The weekly Insight:
1. Healthtech startup Pristyn Care becomes latest unicorn after raising $96M. 2. Ola raises $500M through Term Loan B. 3. Adda247 acquires UPSC test prep platform StudyIQ for $20M. Refer the pdf for detailed insight:
Valuation Newsletter
Valuation Newsletter covers important valuation news regarding fund raise, M&A or valuation along with our insights on the news. Our Coverage in this edition DREAM SPORTS ON DREAM RIDE TOWARDS DECACORN VALUATION Fantasy sport unicorn Dream Sports, the leading sports tech company with brands such as Dream11, Dream Capital, FanCode, DreamSetGo, Dream Game Studios, and […]
ESOP vs Sweat Equity Shares – An Analysis
Many startups and private companies struggle to decide whether they should issue ESOPs or Sweat Equity Shares to their key employees and directors. Here we try to analyze the pros and cons and compare the requirements and eligibility for both the options for the startups.
Valuation of Start ups
Prateek Mittal For a start-up looking to raise seed capital, there is always a question of how much to value your business and how much stake to dilute. In this article, we will try to analyse the various means to value a start-up. When we talk about valuation of a company, the first things that […]
Valuation of Start-ups – The Scorecard Valuation Method
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2048″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2049″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Valuation of Start-ups – The Scorecard Valuation Method Prateek Mittal In continuation of our previous article on valuation of start-ups, here is another method which is commonly used by angel investors to value pre-revenue start-ups. The method is known as the Scorecard Valuation method and the key elements […]
Valuation of Start-ups – The Risk Factor Summation Method
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2043″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”2044″ img_size=”full”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Valuation of Start-ups – The Risk Factor Summation Method Prateek Mittal Welcome back people to our series of articles on Valuation of Start-ups. So far we have discussed a couple of methods for valuation of pre-revenue start-ups. The first was the Venture Capital Method and the second one […]
Why Do Start-ups Fail?
We keep on reading various reports on start-up shut downs and failures every day. More than 200 start-ups shut down in 2016. As per a recent study by the IBM Institute and Oxford Economics, 90% of the Indian start-ups fail within the first 5 years. So why do these start-ups fail even though some of […]